Means for securing pneumatic tires to rims of wheels.



No. 306,013. r PATENTED NOV. 28,1905

vs. SMITH. MEANS FOR SECURING PNEUMATIC TIRESVTO RIMS 0F WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-2, 1905.

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' SHEFFIELD SMITH, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. MEANS FOR SEOURINIGPNEUMATIC Tl RES T Ruins OF WHEELS.

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Specification of IiettersPatent.

Patented. Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,029.

1'0 all whmn if nea /y concern:

Be itknown thatI, SHEFFIELD SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Securing Pneumatic Tires to the Rims of Wheels, of which the following is a edge of the cover of a pneumatic tire to the wheel.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the side of a broken portion of the felly of the wheel and an outer end view of one of the clamping-hooks. Fig.2 represents the same with the clamping-hook removed,

- showing the recess formed between the me.-'

tallic tire of the wheel and the felly to receive the shanks of the clamping-hooks. Fig. .3 represents a section'taken in the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showinga planview of t e clampinghooks as held in the recess gf/ e felly. Fig.

4 represents. a section taken in, the line 4 i of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a section, as in Fig. 4:, showing a modification in the form of the clamping-screw. Fig. 6 represents a section, as in Fig. 4, showing another modification in the form of the clamping-screw. Fig. 7 represents a section, as in Fig. 4:, showing a modification in the operation of the hooks. Fig. 8 represents a section taken in the line 8 8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 represents a section, as. in Fig. 4;, "showing another modification. Fig. 10 represents a section taken in the line l0 10 of Fig. 9. ,1

y In the drawings, A represents the wooden folly of the wheel, and B the metallic tire. C represents the inflatable pneumatic tire, D the cover or shoe by means of which the inflatable tire is protected and attached to the wheel, and E E are metallic ring'swhich serve as supports for the attaching, edges of the cover D of the tire.

The telly A is provided at suitable points around the wheel with recesses F, extending from side to side of the wheel between the said felly and the metallic tire B, the said recesses serving to receive the shanks a a of the clamping-hooks G G, which shanks extend inwardly between the metallic tire B and the felly A and serve to clamp the edges 6 b of the cover D of the pneumatic tire to the wheel, and, as shown in Fig. 3, the shanks of the said hooks are made to lap by each otherin order to provide an extended bearing-sur- "face, which serves to steady the said books.

The ears 0 0 of the hooks G G are provided one with a right-hand and the other with a left-hand screw-thread to receive the corresponding threads of the right and left hand screw H, by meansof which the clampinghooks G Gr are operated to clamp the edges a a of the cover D'of the pneumatic tire O to the wheel, as shown in Fig. 4:.

A modification of the clamping means is shown in Fig. 5, in which a screw-bolt H,

having a single screw-thread J, is employed for operating the clamping-hooks instead of the right and left hand screw H, and in Fig. 6 another modification is shown, in which an ordinary carriage-bolt 1-1 is employed for operating the clamping-hooks to clamp the cover of the tire C to the wheel.

Another modification is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, in which a nut I is held in the lateral recesses 01 d, made in the felly, and separate screw-bolts H H are employed for operating the clamping-hooks G G.

Another modification is shown in Figs. 9 and 10, in which one of the hooks G is provided with lateral .projections e e, which are held in the lateral recesses d d of the felly,

whereby the said hook will be held stationary at one side of the wheel, while the other hook G will be made movable by means of the screw-bolt H, which enters the tapped-out shank a; of the said stationary hook G.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination'of the wheel, and a pneumatic tire, with a clamping-hook, having its shank extending inwardly between the metallic tire of the wheel and the felly, and screwthreaded means also extending inwardly between the metallic tire and the felly, to actuate the said hook to clamping engagement with the edge of the cover of the pneumatic tire, for clamping the said edge to the wheel.

2. The combination of the wheel, and apn eumatic tire, with clamping-hooks having their shanks extending inwardly between the metallic tire of the wheel and the felly, and screwthreaded means for actuating the said clampright and left hand screw, for actuating the ing-hooks for clamping the edges of the cover said hooks to clamp the edges of the cover of of the pneumatic tire to the wheel. the pneumatic tire to the wheel.

3. The combination of the Wheel, and apneu- SHEFFIELD SMITH. 5 matic tire, with clamping-hooks having their Witnesses:

shanks extending inwardly between the me- SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD,

tallic tire of the wheel and the felly, and the JOHN MITCHELL. 

